In Pictures: Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes 2019

The annual Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes took place on Saturday 8th June 2019 in Wybunbury, near Nantwich.

Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes is an event organised by the Wybunbury Tower Preservation Trust. It dates back at least 200 years, though stopped in 1920.

The event was reprised in 1995, when the Wybunbury Tower Preservation Trust revived it to raise money for the upkeep of their historic leaning tower in the village.

Proceeds from several of the stalls goes to village charities and groups.

The event started shortly after midday with a peal of bells at Wybunbury Tower.

Locally-based online community radio station RedShift Radio provided, setup and staffed the PA system with fig pie race commentary from RedShift Radio presenter Kelly-Ann Davies, ably assisted by youth presenter Daniel Achterhuis.

The fig pies are made from a traditional recipe containing a hard pastry and were rolled from The Swan Inn pub down Main Road to see how far they would travel.

There were separate race age categories for under 10s, under 16s and adults.

The honour of rolling the first fig pies this year was bestowed on presenters Inel and Johnny from CBBC’s programme ‘All Over the Place’.